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Today's Top News Compilation - Sunday, May 3, 2020

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Who won and lost as Trump's trade war is delayed - for now

  • News source: BBC News - World
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BBC reporters in the US, Canada and Mexico assess the fallout after Trump gets border promises in return for a 30-day pause on tariffs.
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Devastation from Queensland floods 'incredible', premier says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Thousands of people have begun returning home to assess damage to their properties and businesses.
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Pro-Russia paramilitary leader killed in Moscow blast

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Armen Sargsyan, the leader of a paramilitary unit wanted by Ukraine, died from his injuries following an explosion on Monday morning.
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China enacts counter tariffs on numerous U.S. products

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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China's Ministry of Commerce announced Tuesday it was implementing counter tariffs against the U.S. on multiple products and taking other trade-related steps, including an antitrust investigation into Google.

The moves came as 10% U.S. tariffs on numerous Chinese goods were to take effect.

Mr. Trump paused his plans Monday to implement steep tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for at least a month after talks with the leaders of both countries, who vowed to step up efforts to combat the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders with the...
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El Salvador offers to take in US criminals and migrants

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Israeli hostage's family demand answers over fate of his wife and children

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Israeli government is responsible for bringing home Yarden Bibas' wife and sons, his sister-in-law said.
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China hits back at 10% U.S. tariff with its own levies on U.S. products

  • News source: Jennifer Jett and Peter Guo | NBC News
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China retaliated immediately on Tuesday as a 10% U.S. tariff on Chinese goods went into effect, announcing its own levies of 10% to 15% on some U.S. products.

Starting Feb. 10, China will impose an additional tariff of 15% on coal and liquefied natural gas, and a 10% tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery, large-displacement automobiles and pickup trucks, the government said.

The Chinese announcement came minutes after the U.S. tariff took effect at 12:01 a.m. ET. The failure to forestall tit-for-tat tariffs raises the risk of a spiraling...
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Political uncertainty remains as Trump strikes temporary tariff deals

  • News source: Matt Dixon | NBC News
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The impacts of Donald Trump’s long-promised pledge to use tariffs as a political cudgel started to come into focus Monday, even as the president cut last-minute deals with some of the country’s closest allies allowing him to back down from his initial threats.

On Saturday, Trump announced that he would slap broad 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, both U.S. allies, and 10% tariffs on China, a political foe. The move was expected, but it still sparked fears about the rising costs of goods across the U.S. economy.

That concern is particularly potent...
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Ex-USAID official says potential closure is 'extinction-level event' for global aid

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke to Jeremy Konyndyk, president of Refugees International and a former lead official at USAID, about efforts to shutter the global aid agency.
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Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico but not on China

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Last-minute phone calls pull the North American neighbours back from the brink of a trade war, but the US is still targeting Chinese imports.
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Trump sows uncertainty - and Xi Jinping sees an opportunity

  • News source: BBC News - World
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President Xi Jinping has made no secret of his ambition for China to lead an alternate world order.
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Rebels declare ceasefire in DR Congo for 'humanitarian reasons'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The rebels say they will not seize any further territory but will protect their positions.
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Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept deportees from US of any nationality, including Americans

  • News source: Matthew Lee | The Associated Press and Juan
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday that El Salvador's president has offered to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, including violent American criminals now imprisoned in the United States.

President Nayib Bukele “has agreed to the most unprecedented, extraordinary, extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world,” Rubio said at a signing ceremony for an unrelated civil nuclear agreement with El Salvador's foreign minister.

"He's also offered to do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and...
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Former USAID official criticizes Trump, Musk over agency changes

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Former USAID Global Health director Dr. Atul Gawande criticized the Trump administration's plan to merge the United States Agency for International Development into the State Department and the funding freeze putting key aid programs in jeopardy, saying the decisions aren't an "overhaul" but rather a "destruction."

Gawande, a surgeon and medical professor, told CBS News on Monday that the "destruction" began a week ago after the White House Office of Management and Budget released a memo that ordered a freeze on federal assistance. The memo was...
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How can Trump achieve campaign pledge to eliminate Dept of Education? Experts weigh in

  • News source: FOX News
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As President Trump reportedly weighs his options for accomplishing his campaign promise of eliminating the Department of Education, experts spoke to Fox News Digital about what that process will look like and what hurdles the president will have to overcome.

"The administration is right to push to eliminate the ineffective and unpopular Department of Education," Jonathan Butcher, Will Skillman Senior Research Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital shortly before the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump...
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